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Apple iPhone, iPad, Mac) overall Effort Score: 59 Apple iPhone, iPad, Mac) (US) vs 59 Apple iPhone, iPad, Mac) (US) last quarter
Sector Effort Score benchmark: 58 Apple iPhone, iPad, Mac) (US) vs 58 Apple iPhone, iPad, Mac) (US) last quarter

The US arm of Apple iPhone’s Speed of Resolving the Problem has dropped -3 points to 55 this quarter, meaning its Overall Effort Score has also declined -1 point to 59. As a result, it now sits in 3rd position in the US Technology Retail rankings.

Diving further into why its Speed of Resolving the Problem score has lowered, customers marked it down for how they were able to speak to a customer service agent that could help with their query, with just 40% rating them ‘excellent’ – a 5% decline.

Furthermore, 5% fewer customers (42%) said the tech retail company made it ‘very easy’ to achieve what they set out to do.

In addition to focusing on improving its Speed of Resolving the Problem score, it will likely turn its efforts to Valuing the Customer, too, which also went down -3 points to 59. Last quarter, more than half (56%) said they were ‘very satisfied’ with the outcome of their communication or contact. However, this quarter, this had dropped to 42%.

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Customer Effort in detail

Style of Communication 63 vs 63 last quarter

45% say the politeness of their customer service agents is 'excellent'

44% rate the ability to communicate with them in their chosen language (other than English) as 'excellent'

Knowledge and Expertise 60 vs 60 last quarter

45% rate the expertise of the customer service agent as 'excellent'

40% say the way details were clearly explained to them was 'excellent'

43% rate how well the customer service agent understood their particular problem or question as 'excellent'

Understanding & Valuing the Customer 58 vs 58 last quarter

43% rate how they were able to speak to a customer service agent that can help them with their query as 'excellent'

42% rate how they were able to speak to a customer service agent that can help them with their query as 'excellent'

42% rate how they were able to speak to a customer service agent that can help them with their query as 'excellent'

Speed Solving the Problem 55 vs 55 last quarter

40% rate how they were not left on-hold or in a call queuing system for a long time as 'excellent'

40% rate how they were able to speak to a customer service agent that can help them with their query as 'excellent'

42% rate how they were able to speak to a customer service agent that can help them with their query as 'excellent'

ContactEngine sponsors the Customer Effort Index

ContactEngine believes that a great customer experience is an effortless one, where life is made as easy as possible for the customer. ContactEngine commissioned the Customer Effort Index to measure how real people perceive the effort it takes to be a customer of some of the leading brands in the world. By enabling a comparison of effort not only within an industry, but across industries, we can identify and learn from the brands who lead on making it easy for their customers to do business with them.